Stories by Gary Ng

After reading through the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, I learned about various characters that interacted with Steve while at Apple. One of those was Joanne Hoffman, an Eastern European refugee from the original Mac team. She won the unofficial award of best standing up to Steve Jobs in 1981 and 1982, given to...

Update 5: Profile installs are now 'verified'. Update 4: New icons added for Sounds, Backup, About, and Safari. Update 3: Jeff's site has been so popular, it has received over 250,000 hits in over 24 hours. His site got taken down with all the traffic, but it's back up now. A new update brings the...

Justin Horn from WhenWillApple.com has discovered a neat trick for sending group messages. Using Siri, it's possible to create a group text message by separating individual names with the conjunction “and”. He offers the following example: Me: Send text to Girlfriend and Chiyin and Jason and Miguel and Tom and Monica Siri: What do you...

4 Inch iPhone Mock Up We have some fresh iPhone, iPad, and MacBook rumours coming from iLounge. They report their 'most reliable source' has provided them with the following information: (1) The third-generation iPad will become modestly thicker (0.7mm) in order to accommodate the twin light bar system needed for its higher-resolution display. It’s currently...

If you've been looking at picking up some accessories from Griffin Technology, the company has announced a Thanksgiving sale. From now until the 30th of November, everything on the site is 20% off. Just use code THANKS20 during checkout, and the discount will be processed. 68% Off the Explorer Case for the iPhone 4/4S For...

Image: An example of the power of Wind Mobile. WIND Mobile's billionaire backer, Egyptian Naguib Sawiris, noted in an interview yesterday with the CBC's The Lang & O'Leary Exchange that he regrets entering the Canadian mobile market as "it was a bad idea". Boy, did he ever speak his mind: Sawiris said Canada's antiquated telecom...

CARSTAR is a new iPhone app created to help assist you in the event of a car accident. It allows you to store your important information such as insurance, vehicle, and emergency contact numbers to make the process of detailing an accident seamless and easy. All it takes is one tap of a button to...

According to UK-based NOW Magazine, the job to play Steve Jobs in a biopic has turned into a showdown between former ER co-stars George Clooney and Noah Wyle. The movie is set to start filming in 2012 and will document the life of the late Apple CEO. Noah Wyle previously portrayed Steve Jobs in the...

Looks like once again Rogers has reintroduced its 6GB data plan promo (how long until Telus and Bell follow suit?). This time around, the $30 plan is being 'extended' to early LTE adopters, along with new and existing customers. A LTE-capable iPhone isn't here yet (apparently due to LTE modem size constraints) but rumoured to be...

RedFlagDeals is one of my favourite online communities to discover local and online deals. Owned and operated by the Yellow Pages Group, the company has launched a brand new iPhone app, to replace the existing one. This app has been rewritten from the ground up and is an extremely powerful and intuitive app to use....

This is my favorite Flickr page. It displays the Apple.com homepage over the years, going all the way back to 1997 when Apple was using a serif font to display its name. Going through the stream felt like taking a trip though some of the happiest moments of my life. There are also some gems...

For those avid users of the Google Mobile interface on the iPhone, you may have noticed a minor update. When you load Google.com and navigate to apps such as Gmail, Reader, Docs, or Tasks, a new slick animation appears to display your Google Account ID. Near the top, a message will appear to read "Logged...